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SPIN Magazine will be releasing a tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Prince's movie and album "Purple Rain". The tracks by the artists were commissioned by the editors of SPIN. Apollonia features on the cover of 'When Doves Cry' by the Twilight Singers. It will be available as a free download for SPIN magazine readers and subscribers via SPIN.com starting June 23. The album titled "Purplish Rain" was made to accompany the July cover story which is an oral history of Purple Rain. Artists covering songs for the tribute album include Chairlift, of Montreal, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Fol Chen. For more details you can go here. The tracklisting for the album is below.
Purplish Rain Tracklisting:
1. Riverboat Gamblers - Let's Go Crazy
2. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Take Me With U
3. Fol Chen - The Beautiful Ones
4. Of Montreal - Computer Blue
5. Chairlift - Darling Nikki
6. The Twilight Singers - When Doves Cry
7. Mariachi El Bronx - I Would Die 4 U
8. Craig Wedren - Baby I'm a Star
9. Lavender Diamond - Purple Rain
Chairlift - Don't Give a Damn (Western Version) [zshare]
Fol Chen - The Idiot [zshare]
Friday, June 19, 2009
SPIN Releasing Prince Tribute Album
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Actually looking to that Dap Kings track! We put together a Purple Rain Tribute podcast a few weeks ago over at covered that It includes tracks from Purple Rain covered by :
Let’s Go Crazy - Clas Yngstrøm & Sky High
7:30 - Take Me With You - Marshall Crenshaw
11:13 - Darling Nikki - Foo Fighters
14:34 - When Doves Cry - Patti Smith
19:32 - I Would Die 4 U - Richard Swift
22:53 - Baby I’m A Star - Buddy Miles
27:21 - Purple Rain (live) - Martin Sexton
Check out Prince in the FREE Digital Edition of SPIN Magazine and get a FREE Tribute Album http://digital.spin.com/
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